Volume 1 Chapter 39 We Want a Champion!
"The defender will take the lead?"
When Van Praag saw Abidal, he was as surprised as all the fans, for what is a defender?
"Can he?" Van Praag pointed to Abidal and asked Bobby on the left and right? Harms and Leo? Ben Hack.
Leo? Ben Hack was expressionless and nodded indifferently, "In the case of non-movement of the ball, if you want to talk about shooting skills, defenders are not necessarily worse than forwards, on the contrary, because the defenders are very powerful, so there are many defenders who have a better shooting percentage than those top scorers in a stationary state." ”
"To be able to become a professional player, Abidal's shooting is not a big problem, the key is to depend on his mental quality."
Bobby? Harms listened and nodded, "After 120 minutes of play, Van der Vaart is already tired, even if it is Huntelaar, it is estimated that the strength is insufficient, if they take the lead at this time, psychological pressure and lack of physical fitness, these may make their penalty misses." ”
"Before, I was a little worried that Ye Qiu lacked experience in dealing with this kind of occasion, but now it seems that he is very sophisticated!" Bobby? What Harms couldn't hide in his words was appreciation.
If he knew that Ye Qiu had read a lot of relevant books in the godfather cultivation system for this penalty shootout, and also read the discourses and experiences of many well-known head coaches about penalty shootouts, then he would not be surprised.
Van Praag was about to speak, but at that moment, he heard the referee's whistle.
I saw that Abidal followed the whistle, without the slightest hesitation, and after sprinting forward two steps, he picked up his left foot, and directly volleyed vigorously, and the ball shot out of his left foot like a cannonball.
Hans? Funk was taken aback, he thought that Abidal should at least brew his emotions, but he didn't expect this guy to come directly, and he had so much strength, which made him do his best to make a save to the left.
Can you wait until Hans? By the time Funk got into place, the ball had already slipped into the goal line.
The goal works!
Abidal clenched his left fist as if he were provoking his opponent and cheering up his teammates.
There was a round of applause, which was also a way to put pressure on the opponent.
The first to take the penalty was Danish midfielder Daniel? Jensen.
Stekelenberg knows this person, and he is the number one player in Ye Qiu's list, he is the player with the highest penalty shooting percentage in Helen Fenley, and he is also the first penalty taker.
"Daniel? Jensen, who is right-footed, is good at free-throwing with his left foot, feints on the right side, and takes the bottom left corner! ”
This is the information given by Ye Qiu in this piece of information, Stekelenberg will not be mistaken, and he has to admire in his heart, if there is no such information from the head coach, he will definitely be deceived.
Who would have imagined that Jensen would be such a skilled person with both left and right feet?
Actually use the right foot of the habitual foot as a feint to attract the attention of the goalkeeper, and then use the left foot to exert force?
Seeing this, Stekelenberg took a deep breath and turned to Jensen, but his attention was focused on his feet, especially his left foot.
All the fans on the sidelines were focused on the goal that Stekelenberg was guarding, and their hearts were beating to the top of their voices.
With the referee's whistle, Jensen took a deep breath and ran forward quickly.
When he entered the range where he could kick the ball, he saw that his speed was deliberately slowed down, and his right foot made a motion as if he was about to kick the ball, but in fact, his right foot stepped on the side of the ball, and his left foot quickly picked up and directly pumped the ball to the bottom left corner.
This is a penalty method that he can say has tried and tested repeatedly.
But just when he felt that his left foot had been hidden enough, he suddenly found that Stekelenberg flew to the left side, and the whole person's pounce was extremely stretched.
What happened next stunned everyone in the room, because just when they thought Jensen's shot was going to the right of Lu, it suddenly flew to the left, everything happened in the blink of an eye, but just when they realized that Jensen's penalty would go in, Stekelenburg pounced on the left.
Wow!!!!
All the Ajax fans cheered.
Stekelenberg saved Jensen's penalty in the bottom left corner with one hand.
The goalkeeper who came out of the Ajax Academy has made a meritorious service!!
Incomparably warm applause rang out at Detokmost's home stadium, and the enthusiastic cheers were deafening!
Stekelenburg saved the opposition's penalty, which was even more shocking and shocking than Abidal's first penalty, because it gave Ajax II the lead!
What does it mean to be ahead?
Taking the lead means that this Ajax II team will have a chance to surpass the all-time record set in the Van Gaal era and become the first youth team ever to reach the final of the Dutch Cup!
As soon as I thought of this, all the Ajax fans in the stadium and all the players of the Ajax second team cheered and roared, one by one, as if they were a fanatical lion, eager to devour the opponent with a belt and bones!
On the contrary, after the first round of penalties, the morale of Heerenveen's players was low, as they found that the team's top penalty taker had actually missed, and the scene of the 21-year-old Jensen falling in the box pierced the hearts of all Heerenveen players.
Even he missed, can we score?
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The second to appear was Huntelaar.
The Dutch striker was known for his calmness, and this time, despite the pressure on his shoulders, he still stood firmly near the penalty, methodically retreated, measured his stride, and then stood still, staring at Hans? Funk.
For him, shooting is simply an instinct in his blood, so he can shoot the angle he wants without having to look at the ball.
The key is the goalkeeper in front of you.
As soon as the referee's whistle blew, Huntelaar quickly sprinted forward, without the slightest drag with his right foot, and shot the ball to the left at great speed. Funk guessed the wrong direction, pounced to the right, and the ball went in!
"Hooray!!! The Ajax fans in the stadium were once again boiling and cheering.
2:0, the first Ajax II team has undoubtedly taken the lead.
But this time, Stekelenburg could not continue the judgment of the first round, and finally declared the goal lost, 2:1, Ajax II has maintained the lead.
The third player was Sneijder, who still played in the bottom left corner, very fast, Funk made a judgment, but couldn't prevent the ball from going into the net, so angry that he kept pounding the turf, 3:1.
But soon, Heerenveen pulled another game back, 3:2!
"Christian!" Ye Qiu made an adjustment gesture on the sidelines towards Kifu, who was the fourth to play.
He had just paid a very close attention to Hans? Funk's movements, he found that Heerenveen's goalkeeper had already judged, because Ajax's first three penalty takers were all on the left side, so he thought that Ajax was trying to make a fuss about his weakness.
Now, he will definitely focus on defending the left side, and even make judgments in advance.
Kifu nodded towards Ye Qiu, walked near the penalty, and slowly stepped back.
With a whistle, when he saw Kifu rushing forward quickly, Hans? Funk immediately made a flying pounce to the left.
But at this time, Kifu chose to push the ball directly into the middle, and the ball was in Hans? Funk rolled into the back of the net from behind.
“4:2!!!” All the Ajax fans in the stadium cheered in unison.
With four penalties in between, Ajax II's pre-match penalty preparations were not in vain.
Heerenveen's fourth penalty was taken by Finnish winger Mika? Nurmeira, he knew very well in his heart that only by scoring this penalty would his team have the possibility of continuing to take the penalty, otherwise, they would have declared early defeat.
"Come on, punish quickly!" Ajax fans were harassing Nurmeira, especially behind the goal, and many fans even made all sorts of intimidating moves, doing everything they could to interfere with him.
Nurmera took a deep breath, the 29-year-old is very experienced professionally, he knows very well that he should be calm and sane at this moment, but he doesn't know what Lu Dao is for, he just can't calm down, because he knows that this penalty is related to a heavy hope, related to whether Heerenveen can reach the final.
Sometimes, the more you think about it, the better it is.
When Nurmela thought about it for a long time and decided to pull the ball into the top right corner, but in the end he couldn't hold the ball down, causing the penalty to turn into a cannon, and he collapsed in the penalty area.
At the same time, all the players of the Ajax II team rushed into the penalty area, and everyone surrounded Stekelenburg, and around them, the cheers of the Ajax fans seemed to turn into a sea of seas, completely surrounding them.
"Wow!" Ye Qiu let out a big scream after Nurmera missed the penalty, venting the excitement in his heart.
"We're in the finals, guys!" Turning around, Ye Qiu stretched out his arms arrogantly and pounced directly on Rick Link.
Rick Link was also very excited at this time, and tears were falling down his eyes, "My God, is this a dream?" The final, the Dutch Cup final, I couldn't believe it! ”
"No, no, no, Young? Audrey? Rick Link! Ye Qiu punched him hard in the shoulder, "I'll tell you, we're in the finals, we're in the finals!" ”
"Yes, we are in the finals, Ye Qiu, you are simply our God!!" Rick Link hugged Ye Qiu firmly at this time, and the whole person stopped him by the waist and hugged him, and almost threw him out of the gang without grasping it.
After the players celebrated on the sidelines, they all ran to Ye Qiu's side, but everyone looked at Ye Qiu.
"Boss, we're in the finals!" Captain Kifu made a solemn report.
Ye Qiu blinked vigorously, he had been with this group of people for half a year, in the past half a year, he had fought side by side with everyone here, they had worked together to defeat one opponent after another, and they had finally come to this day.
Dutch Cup final!
This is something that no one dared to hope for half a year ago, but now they have done it!
"Boss!" The players shouted in unison, and their solemn expressions were like soldiers waiting for the leader to review, and as if they were soldiers who had completed a solemn mission and came back to explain the task.
Ye Qiu's eyes were red, but he didn't let himself cry weakly, he wasn't as shallow as Rick Link, nor was he like a big soft guy called Roland, he ran aside and cried, he stood in front of the players, looking at them.
"Not enough!" Ye Qiu shouted loudly.
"Reaching the final is not our ultimate goal, we want to win!"
"We're going to win the Dutch Cup and show everyone who didn't think about us before how wrong they were!"
"We're going to use a championship to make everyone remember us!"
"We want a champion!!"
"We want a champion!!" The players responded to Ye Qiu's shouts and shouted in unison.
If they had said it before the season, they would have thought they were crazy, if they had said it before they beat PSV Eindhoven, no one would have had any hope for them, if it had been said before the win against Utrecht a month ago, no one would have looked at them, but now that they have said it, everyone has to take it seriously.
Whoever wins the championship has a chance, and it is possible!
"Champion! Champion!! Champion!!! ”
Hearing the shouts of the players, the Ajax fans also cheered in unison, all shouting in unison for the championship.
This situation infected almost everyone present, including Chairman Van Praag.
He really needs Ye Qiu and the second team, but he has never been optimistic about the second team.
But today, looking at this incomparably young team, watching them come step by step, defeating one strong opponent after another, Van Praag has to admit that this team does have a tenacious and brave Ajax spirit.
"Winning the championship? This kid is crazy! "Bobby? Hams laughed and scolded Ye Qiu's publicity, but from between his eyebrows, there was no anger at all, but more appreciation.
It was the first time in the history of Dutch football that he was able to lead a second team to the final of the Dutch Cup.
Van Gaal led the team to the semi-finals, but it stopped in the semi-finals, and now Ye Qiu has created the best cup results in the history of the Ajax second team.
You know, the Dutch Cup champion will represent the Netherlands in the League Cup next season, if Ajax II wins the title, then how will this confused account be calculated?
What's even more ironic is that Ajax can't play in European competitions in the first team, but the second team can participate in the League Cup, what is going on?
Is it possible for Ajax to be the main team in the second team next season?
Bobby? Harms naturally doesn't have a headache for this happy trouble, but he feels that it is necessary to remind Van Praag that at least this time the club needs to come forward and go to the Dutch Football Association to maneuver, at least to give the second team a level playing field, right?
Ye Qiu...... It's not easy! "Leo? Ben Hack felt like he had really lost his eyes.
When Ye Qiu first joined Detokmost, he didn't have a too bright performance at all, so at that time, Leo? Ben Hack would support Westerhoff to use him to attack Waters, but he didn't expect that a year later, this Chinese kid would improve so quickly.
The Ajax II team in the league and the cup is to adopt two completely different tactics to play, the league relies on its own strength and overall advantages, a large pressure on the attack, can always play a hearty offensive football, but in the cup, encountered the strength of the enemy is stronger than his own I don't know how much, he adopted the tactics of shrinking and defending.
In Leo? In Ben Hake's opinion, such a head coach is worthy of being an outstanding head coach due to the enemy's conditions, and Ye Qiu has undoubtedly found the threshold.
Of course, he still has a lot to improve, but this does not prevent Ye Qiu from taking charge of himself.
Hear Leo? Ben Hack's words, Van Praag also felt very uncomfortable, because he still hid Ye Qiu's resignation letter when no one knew the truth, and now, the better the performance of the second team, the better Ye Qiu's results in leading the team, the more embarrassed and regretful he felt.
It has to be said that it is a big pity that such outstanding talents cannot be retained.
Ye Qiu naturally didn't know what the group of bigwigs in the stands were thinking, he had won the ball now, brought the players back to the locker room, and after celebrating again, he slipped out of the door, and as soon as he turned a corner, he almost bumped into Huang Chu.
"I knew it was you, so I simply didn't hide, I just bumped into it, maybe I could ......" Ye Qiu teased Huang Chu with a smile.
"You're not serious!" Huang Chu is also used to it, and he doesn't think it's angry.
Just when Ye Qiu had a lot of things to say in his heart, a group of reporters suddenly rushed over from nowhere, not to mention **, one by one, holding the camera and pointing it at Ye Qiu.
"Excuse me, Mr. Ye Qiu, as the first head coach in the history of the Netherlands to lead the youth team to the Dutch Cup final, do you have anything to say?"
"Mr. Ye Qiu, the team has reached the finals, and you just shouted that you want to win the championship, is this your true idea?"
"Mr. Ye Qiu, there are many old Ajax fans who feel that your team has inherited the tradition and spirit of Ajax, but the style of play is slightly conservative, what do you personally think about this?"
"The Ajax first team has not had a good record this season, but the second team has performed very well, and there are Ajax fans who have just called for you to lead the first team, do you personally think so? Or will you stay at Ajax next season to lead the youth team? ”
The reporters almost didn't put the microphone into Ye Qiu's mouth, which made Ye Qiu, who had experienced this kind of battle for the first time, a little at a loss, and Huang Chu seemed to be afraid that the relationship between her and Ye Qiu would be exposed, so she hurriedly hid away.
Just when Ye Qiu didn't know how to answer, he saw Eliza, who was dressed fashionably, like Moonlight Sailor Moon, appearing next to Ye Qiu at a moment of embarrassment, facing the camera with a smile.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry for you to ask one by one, Mr. Ye will try his best to answer all your questions, but if you continue to ask questions like this, we won't answer a single question!"